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Posted by on Apr 18, 2013 in Android News, Apple, Apps, iOS Updates, Mobile | 0 comments

iOS App Store Revenue 2.6x More than Google Play

iOS App Store Revenue 2.6x More than Google Play

App Annie is out with its latest quarterly index for iOS VS Google Play revenue and downloads. With the unstoppable growth of the App Economy the U.S. still leads for iOS App Store revenue growth, while Japan and South Korea take it home for Google Play.  Last quarter alone Google Play reached close to 90% of the iOS App Store downloads, although the iOS App Store maintained the lead in monetization, earning about 2.6x the app revenue of Google Play. This is however less than it was in Q4 of 2012 which was at roughly 4x overall.   Between the two App Stores, several countries made their mark for driving growth from Q4 2012-Q1 2013: United States was responsible for the majority of the growth in iOS revenues. China also proved to be a strong revenue contributor and also led the growth in iOS downloads. Russia proved to be a key factor in Google Play downloads growth. Japan and South Korea continued to drive sizeable revenue growth for Google...

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Posted by on Apr 18, 2013 in Apps, Marketing, Mobile, Startups | 0 comments

Tapfame Gives Developers Street Cred

Tapfame Gives Developers Street Cred

After months of working on your big project you’ve finally delivered it to your client and you ask yourself, “Gee – What’s next?”.  For many developers that may be the end of things. ..BUT what if instead you were able to take this project you’ve recently completed and have it visible and open for the world to see what you’ve labored so long over? That’s where Tapfame comes in. TapFame is where mobile developers and designers get credit for the apps they’ve built. Their mission is to make it easy for you to showcase your work, learn about new mobile technologies and find other mobile developers to work with and collaborate with. Founded by Ankit Ranka and Satjot Sawhney, the two came together with a common goal of ‘giving developers the tools they needed to succeed’.  In a recent interview with Co-Founder Ankit, I had the opportunity to ask him several questions about: how the company got started, Tapfames goals, and why Tapfame is critical for app developers to...

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Posted by on Apr 18, 2013 in Apps, Mobile | 0 comments

Mobile Commerce App Usage iOS VS Android

Mobile Commerce App Usage iOS VS Android

According to a new stat from Arbitron Mobile US, iOS users are 54% more likely than Android users to use apps for commerce, per new data from the.  In addition to  iPhone users being more likely to use mobile commerce apps, they also log 20% more time with them, and conduct 19% more “virtual shopping trips”. When it comes to mobile commerce apps, eBay tops the list, and is used by 14.3% of the US smartphone panelists. In close 2nd is Amazon, used by 13%, followed in 3rd by Groupon with 11.1%. More in the chart below....

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Posted by on Apr 17, 2013 in Apps, Mobile, Startups | 0 comments

Supercell Revenue up to $2.4 Million a Day

Supercell Revenue up to $2.4 Million a Day

Jesus.  That’s the first thing that comes to mind when I hear about this news.  $2.4 Million a day.  Really?  Not bad.  Actually, that’s awesome.  Supercell (the creators of Clash of Clans) is said to be the fastest growing game company ever.  This figure comes from an interview Supercell CEO Ikka Paananen had with Forbes where the company was valued at $800 million.  Seeing as they just raised an additional $130 Million, grossed $100 million in revenue last year in Q4, and already made $179 million in Q1 of 2013 – it goes without saying, they’re doing something right. At this rate by the end of 2013, some predict the valuation could reach $1 billion or more, making the company worth 2x the amount of EA’s mobile games division, itself built on over 900 previous releases.   In the interview Paanenen told Forbes, “It really is that simple – just design something great, something that users love,”   And in a separate one with PocketGamer.biz, “After working for big...

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Posted by on Apr 16, 2013 in Apps, Mobile | 0 comments

Native vs HTML5 Which is Better?

Native vs HTML5 Which is Better?

Today we’re going to jump into once, and for all – which type of app is best. Native, or HTML5. One would think that facebook abandoning HTML5 would have been indicator enough to other developers that it may not be the path worth pursuing, but we’ll go ahead an entertain our die hard HTML5 fan boys for the sake of this article. So, if we simply look at the numbers, and how apps have grown since last year. There are currently over 775,000 native apps available in Apple’s app store, with Google Play having somewhere similar. If you add the 100K from Blackberry, and the 135K from Microsoft then we’re left with 1,785,000 native apps across the four stores. When it comes to HTML5 however..it’s not always the easiest thing to tell how many there are out there. For this, we saught out the data from Appcelerator, which ran a survey in 2012 with 3,600 developers to find that only 6% (or 216) of them had HTML5 Applications. With...

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Posted by on Apr 12, 2013 in Apps, Mobile, Startups | 0 comments

LinkedIN Acquires Pulse for $90 Million

LinkedIN Acquires Pulse for $90 Million

A BIG Congrats First of All. Had a chance to attend one of Pulse’s open-invite developer events a couple months ago and spoke with Co-Founder and CTO Ankit Gupta about how much progress they’ve made and how incredible of a framework/platform they’ve built to do the things that Pulse does.  If you’re not already familiar with Pulse, then you should know at the very least, it’s “a fast and beautiful way to read your favorite blogs, magazines, social networks and newspapers.”   Back to the point, LinkedIn has announced a deal to buy Pulse, at an offer of $90 million. While LinkedIN hasn’t announced any specific plans for Pulse, they note: it wants to be the “definitive professional publishing platform,” where “professionals come to consume content and where publishers come to share their content.” Other thoughts include: LinkedIn using the technology to improve LinkedIn Today, (its own aggregation service), gaining access to publishers that have already been acquired by Pulse, demographic data, and additional advertising opportunities. One thing that’s been...

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Posted by on Apr 12, 2013 in Apps, Mobile | 2 comments

App Annie Makes its Way over to Windows

App Annie Makes its Way over to Windows

While the iOS App Store and Google Play continue to dominate the app store economy, Windows has noticeably been gaining momentum. Earlier today app analytics company App Annie announced that they have opened up Beta for Windows Store. With now over 130,000 apps, Windows 8 continues to increase its market share and may become one of the most talked-about operating systems in 2013. With that being said, App Annie is excited to open the doors to Windows and see how they can lend their helping hand.   SEE ALSO: App Annie Opens up analytics for Amazon App Store In their beta release, App Annie will provide the top 100 ranked Windows Store apps across multiple categories, countries and devices. Needless to say, having access to data from four major app stores, can gleen insights on app store trends across multiple stores and operating systems. Here’s a list what’s going live in the beta: Top 100 Apps (Paid, Free and New) 44 Countries 21 Categories 3 Windows Devices Start browsing...

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